Record magazine



Sept. 16, 1952 Flled Aug 18, 1948 Sept. 16, 1952 F. H. OWENS RECORD MAGAZINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 18, 1948 www IN V EN TOR. /if/v/Q/v #Un/Ms BY a 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Aug. 18, 1948 s RM n ww. m m0 .a WH. DAW Mmm g Rv fw Patented Sept. 16, 4.1952

AUNITED s-'mrss PATENT OFFICE RECGRD MAGAZINE Freeman H. Owens, NewV York, N. Application August "1S, 1948, Serial No. 44,852

n (Cl. 346-436) 12 .'Claims. 1.

The invention here disclosed relates to record magazines of the type used in the listener 'preference recording systems disclosed in copending patentA applicationSerial No. 502,717, filed Sep-V temher l5, 1943, now `Patent 2,514,086, July 4., 1950, Yand earlier iiled patent applications identilied therein, and patent application Serial No. 19,0651, rfiled April 5, 1948, vof 'which this isa continuation in part. l

Reference here is also made to Vco'pending patent application Seria-'1No566-,787, filed December 6, 1944, nowPatent No. 2,564,920, August 21, 1951, and earlier filed patent applications identified there, disclosing in detail the nature vof the record strips or tapes used in such magazines.

The general objects of the present invention are'to provide va record magazine `which will properly safeguard the record strip, tape or film, hold it and maintain it in proper relation for cooperation with the record making elements of the recording machine, which will be quickly applicable to or removable from the machine with which it is intended to be used and which with all these advantages will be of simple, inexpensivel construction and small in sizeand light in Vveightso that it may `be easily and conveniently handled, shipped through the -mail or otherwise transported, as 'may be required.

Particular objects of the invention are to V'ln-- sure the holding of the vtape or recording element in taut or properly positioned condition at the recording window or station-and to make sure that the record element "will beso maintained even-daring shipment and handling operations apart from the machine.

'Further special objects vof the invention Vare to insure that whileb the record element will be properly held or actuallylocked in position `while the magazine is separated from the machine, it will, with equal certainty, be lunlocked and thus released for operation by the drive mechanism of the machine when the magazine is placed in cooperative association with the machine.

A related object of the invention is to actually prevent the magazine from being inserted in the machine until the spooling mechanism or other record transposing mechanism is released or unlocked and hence made ready `to cooperate with the recording mechanism.

Other desirable objects attained by the invention are set forth or will appear in the course of the following spe'cication.

The `drawings accompanying and forming `part ofthe specication illustrate certain present preferred embodiments of the invention. Structure 2 and arrangement, however, may be further modbiied and changed as regards such illustration, all within the true yintent and broad scope Aof the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawings is a vertical `sectional View, with parts broken away, of one oi the record magazines mounted in recording position Ain the machine with which Vit is intended to co-i oaerate, locked in place and with the spoolin'g mechanism released;

Fig. 2 is afbreken vertical sectional View as taken on substantially the plane vof line 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view as envsubstantially the plane of line 3'"3V of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the magazine separated from the machine and the spoolin@ mechanism secured in locked relation;

5 to S are illustrations of a form'of maga-i zine for carrying a yphotographic record strip, as disclosed in co-pending patent application ySerial No. 19,064, Fig. 5 being a vertical sectional view of the magazine, Fig. 6 a horizontal sectional vew as on line fsf-l of Fig. 5, andV Figs. and 8 being enlarged broken sectional details of the coacting elements for effecting unlocking of the spooling mechanism when the magazine is inserted in the recorder structure;

Figs. '9, 10 and ll are views illustrating 'a modied form of record magazine on the order of that rst illustrated, Fig. 9 being a broken front vvertical sectional view, Fig. l0 a similar View at right angles as on line Iii-ID of Fig. 9,

and Fig. 11 a broken sectional and plan view as on line ll-II of Fig. 9.

rThe bod-y or casing of the magazine is shown in Figs. 1 to l as made up or two halves or companion sections IS and Il releasably secured Atogether as by means of through screws indicated at 12. These parts may be of molded plastic, metal, wood or other light, strong material.

A special feature of this casing is that it is open at one side, in this case across the bottom, in the form of a slot or window I3, to admit the recording elements i4 which cooperate with the tape i5 and the gearing I- of the machine which effects the drive of the spooling mechanism in the magazine.

At the recording or-printing point the tape is held taut and smooth by a spring plate Il against a platen roller I8 which is shown in this 'case as equipped with sprocket teeth I9 to engage corresponding openings in the record strip.

The tape clamping pla il is shown as having a concaved central portion 20 fitting the contour 'is from a supplyr'eel or spool 24 to a take-up reel or spool 25. f

The take-up spool is shown as driven through a train of gearing from the drivegear IS of the machine and consisting of a gear 2E on the sprocket roll shaft 21, positioned to mesh the gear IS when the magazine is placed inthe machine, an idler 28 in mesh with gear 26 and a gear 29 on the take-up spool in mesh with the idler. The supply spool 24 is also shown as having a gear 30 like gear 29 but this is for locking purposes, as will appear'.

To locate and hold the magazine in proper relation'to the recording mechanism, the recording machine is shown as having a seat or pocket 13| rtoreceive the bottom, open end of the magazine and latch levers 32 pivoted at opposite sides of the seat and having vlugsor tongues 33 to enter locking notches 34 in the opposite sides of the casing. L The latch I levers 32 are further shown as drawn inward into locking engagement with the casing by a spring 35 and as having grips or nger lugs 3B by which they may be opened to releasethe magazine.

, To lock the tape when the magazine is removed from the recording machine and to then unlock the tape and insure that the magazine will not be placed inthe machine until the tape is actually unlocked, there is provided in Figs. 1 to 4 a locking slide 31 operating flush in a cavity 38 formed in the back of the case and carrying lugs 39, 40, projecting forwardly through an opening 4I in the back wall into position to engage and interlock with the gears 29 and 3D of the take-up and supply spoolsand carrying anges 42 at the upright edges thereof projecting about the sides of the casing far enough to partiallycover the notches 34 and to engage the latch tongues 33, as indicated in Fig. 1.

Q The locking plate is shown as slidingly confined on the back of the case by a headed stud 43 riveted to the plate through a slot 44 in the back ,wall and slidingly operating over the inner face of this wall. This securing stud tensions the plate against the back wall so that itwill hold in the position in which it has been set, either lowered as in Fig. 4, covering the locking notches 34, or raised as in Fig. 1, uncovering these notches and permitting locking engagement of the latches with the magazine.

-The parts may be so constructed that the magazine may be forced down into its seat and so that in this movement the latch lugs 33 will be engaged by the flanges 42 of the locking plate, holding that .plate back and permitting the magazine to continue its movement down into -iinally seated position where, as shown in Fig. 1,` the latches will then snap into engagement with the notches 34 to secure the magazine in position with the drive gear I 6 meshing with thedrive train of the spooling mechanism and the record strip exposed at 2l for cooperation with the Vmarkers I4 of the recording machine.

,A When removed from the machine the locking plate 31 may slip down into position covering the notches 34, as in Fig. 4, or be slid to that position by hand or possibly by a return spring tensioned to shift and hold the plate in the locking position covering notches 34 and with lugs 39, 4U, engaged with gears 29, Sli, of the take-up and supply spools 25 and 24.

The locking slide may be slid into locked position, for example in a mailing case or the like, constructed to receive the magazine, or by means of a paper sealing strip or wrapper placed about the magazine for handling, mailing, shipping or storage purposes.

The lform of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8 involves supply and take-up reels 45. 45. for a sensitized'photographic recording strip 41 or the like, said spools having gears 48, 49, engageable by teeth or locking lugs 5B, 5I, on the angularly related arms 52, 53, of a lever 54 pivotally mounted at 55 and urged in the locking direction by a spring 56.

`One arm of this lever is shown as carrying a gear segment 51 engaged by a pinion58 on a shaft 59having an exposed arm E0 for engagement by a projection 6I in the seat or receptacle 62 in which the casing 63 of this unit is designed to be mounted. In this construction the record carrying reels will be automatically locked when the magazine is removed from its seat in the recording mechanism and will be automatically unlocked in the act of placing the magazine in position for cooperation with the recording mechanism. Y

The form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 9, 10 and 11 is generally similar to that first described. j

In this case, however, .the locking mechanism for securing the magazine in place and the locking means for securing the record spools are combined.

Specifically this is accomplished byv pivoting a pair of locking levers 64 at 65 on the back wall of the case and providing these with lugs 6B to project out through openings 61 in the case into locking openings 68 in the holder or mounting seat 3i, said levers further carrying inwardly acting locking lugs B9, 10, to engage the gears 29, 3B, on the take-up and supply reels, respectively. y

These combination locking levers are biased in either the magazine locking position, with the levers projected to engage in a supporting seat as in Fig. 9, or in the reverse, retracted position with the locking lugs66 withdrawn and the spool locking lugs 69, 10, engaged with the spool-gears, by an expansion spring 1I interposed between lugs 12 at the inner ends of the toggle arms 13 of the levers.

These toggle arm extensions 13 of levers 64 are disposed to swing past the centerV line 14 connecting the pivotal mountings of the levers. allowing suicient range of movement for the lugs 66 to project into magazine locking position in travel in one direction, and for these lugs to-be fully retracted and the lugs 69 and 10 to engage gears 29 and 3U in the opposite direction of movement.

A'Ihe toggle spring 1| is shown as a U-shaped wire spring hooked at its ends into the lugs 12 so that it may be used as a convenient handle for shifting the toggle locking levers in opposite directions. In this form of the invention, with the toggle arms in the upper position (see Fig. 9) and the magazine locking lugs 66 withdrawn, the magazine may be freely inserted in its supege 1.0;904

port, with the spcoling mechanism in locked condition. Then J uponv depressing the 'handle spring Il 'the 'toggle levers will snap downward to unlock the supply and take-up reels and vto spring the vlocking. lugs 65 outward into engage- `rn''nt in the locking openings 68, with the record strip exposed at 2l to receive the record impressions and the gear train engaged with the Adrive gear IS for advancing the record in vaccordance with the inermittent record advancing movements of the recording mechanism.

When it is to be removed vthe magazine is unlocked from the recording machine by lifting 'the inner ends of the toggle levers at 1I and this action automatically locks the spooiing mechanism so that the record will be held in place vin the magazine.

It is contemplated 'that 'the structure 'may be further 'simpliiied by eliminating .the Vintermediate or idler -gear 28 yand driving the take-up reel'ge'ar 29' directly Afrom the gear 25, in which event the record `tape would be unwound from the supply 'reel and rewound on the take-up reel at the inner sides, vinsteadof at the outer sides o'f'these reels,` as illustrated in `Fig. 9. Other changes may be made, all within the true intent and scope 'of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

What .is claimed fis:

1,. A "record magazine of the character disclosed vcoinp'risin'g La case :having 'means by which itJmay be accurately located` and secured in position on `a machine for making a. record on record medium contained within the magazine, said case being open 'at one iside' to admit gearing present onthe recording machine, spooling mechs anism comprising a platen Vroll journaled in the case in line with the opening therein for supporting a record tape 'passing thereover in position to be marked by .the record making means on said machine, :supply and take-up spools journaled in the case in back of said platen roll for traversing the record strip over said platen roll and `gearing for operating said `platen roll and take-up spool and Vincluding a vgear .exposed at the opening in the casein position to mesh the drive gearing of the machine vwhen the case is secured'in the lcooperative'position described, and gears connected-with said supply and take-up spools rand a locking slide 'mounted on the back of the Ycase and having lugs projecting into 'said case into position toengagesaid supply and takeup spool `gears for holding said take-.up vand .supply spools.

2. A record magazine of the character disclosed comprising a case having means by `which it may be accurately located and secured 1n position on a -machine for making a record on record medium contained within the magazine, said case being open at one side to admit -gearing present on the recording machine, spooling mechanism comprising a platen roll journaled in the case 4in line With Vthe opening therein for supporting a vrecord tape passing thereover in position to ybe marked Vby the record making means on said machine, supply and take-up spools journaled in the casein back of said platen roll vfor traversing vthe record strip over said platen roll and Ygearing'for "operating said platen roll and take-up spool and including a gear exposed at the opening in the case in position to Amesh the drive gearing of vthe machine when the case is secured in the cooperative position described, a locking slide mounted on the back of the case andh'aving Emeans Vfor holding 'said take-up and supply ispools, said :locking'slide further having 6 means' vcooperative with saidv positioning and s'- curing means to insure vshifting of the locking slide 'to release position when the magazine is mounted in cooperative `relation with the drive 4gearing aforesaid, the ymeans for effecting accurate location and securing of the case Vin position including notches in the sides of the case to receive `devices for securing the case to the recording machine and said means on the locking slide for insuring shifting of the slide to release position including portions of the slide located to cover said notches when the-slide is in retracted position on the back of the case, the gearing'including .gears connected with the supply and take-up' spools and the means for holding said take-up and supply spools including lugs on the locking slide positioned to interlock with said gears when the slide is` in retracted position covering the notches and to be free of said gears when the slide is projected on the back to uncover said notches.

3. A record magazine of the character disclosed rcomprising a case having an opening, means within said case for traversing a record strip -past said opening vand including take-up and supply reels having gears, companion toggle levers pivotally supported in said case having lugs Yfor locking vengagement with said gears and shi-itable inward to effect locking of the said reels and shiftable outward to effect releasing oi! saine, retractable and extensible locking means operable by said levers, including lugs on said levers positioned for extension beyond and retraction into said case, for securing said case in fixed position or for releasing said case from a supporting holder, and spring means acting on said toggle levers for'shifting said levers in opposite directions and holding them in their reversely shifted positions.

4. A record magazine of the character disclosed comprising a case having an opening, means Within said case for traversing a record strip past said opening and including take-up and supply reels having gears, companion toggle levers pivotally supported in said case having lugs for locking engagement with said gears and shiftable inward to effect locking of the said reels and shiftable loutward to effect releasing of same,'re tractable and extensible locking means operable by said levers, including lugs on said levers positioned for extension beyond and retraction vinto said case,for.securing said case in iixed position or Vfor releasing said case from a supporting holder, and spring means acting on said toggle levers for shifting said levers in opposite directions and holding them in their reverselyshifted positions and including an expansion spring interposed between opposed projecting toggle arms of said levers and exposed vat the back of the case for manual operation of the same.

5. A removable tape magazine, `supply and take-up reels journaled in said magazine, va platen roll journaled in the magazine for supporting the tape in passage from the supply to 'the takeup reel, said platen roll having a gear for effecting the drive of the same andV drive gearing between said platen roll and take-up spool, including a gear connected with the take-up spool, the supply spool also having a gear, and a slide on said magazine having vlugs engageable with said gears for locking the supply and take-'up spools against rotation and manually shiftableto effect release of said spools.

:6. .A v.removable tape magazine, Supply and take-up reels'` journaled in said magazine, Aa platenlroll journaled' in the magazine for supporting the tape in passage from the supply to the take-up reel, said ,platen roll having a gear for effecting the drive of the sameV and drive gearing between said platen roll and take-up spool, including a gear connected with the take- Iup spool, the supply spool also having a gear, and a slidey on said magazine having lugs engageable with said gears for locking the supply and takeup jspools against rotation and manually shiftable toeffect release of said spools, said magazine having klocking notches by which the magazine may-be secured in position on a recording machine and said slide having a portion to cover saidlocking notches in the position ofthe slide securing said spools.

Y '7, A removable tape magazine, tape carrying supply and take-up spools Within said magazine and 'provided with gears, spring toggle levers pivotally mounted in said magazine and spring tensioned in opposite directions beyond the dead center position, means operable in one position ofvsaid toggle levers and including lugs on said levers engageable with said gears for securing the supply rand take-up reels, and manually operable means exterior of the magazine for effecting actuation of said levers in opposite directions.

8. A removable tape magazine, tape carrying supply and take-up spools within said magazine and provided with gears, spring toggle levers pivotally mounted in said magazine and spring tensioned in opposite directions beyond the dead center position, means operable in one position of said toggle levers and including lugs on said levers engageable with said gears for securing the supply and take-up reels, and manually operable means exterior of the magazine for eiecting actuation of said levers in opposite directions and including a looped spring interposed between opposing ends of the levers and having a portion exposed to form a nger grip.

'9. A removable tape magazine, tape carrying supply and take-up spools within said magazine and provided with gears, spring toggle levers pivotally mounted in said magazine and spring tensioned in opposite directions beyond the dead center position, means operable in one position of said toggle levers and including lugs on said levers engageable with said gears for securing the supply and take-up reels, and manually operable means exterior of the magazine for efecting actuation of said levers in opposite directions, saidlevers having magazine securing lugs arranged to project into securing position'when the leversv are in position releasing the spools and to be retracted when said levers are in position securing the spools.

10. A'magazine for record tape comprising a small, flat case approximately large enough only to contain supply and take-up spools and an intermediate platen for a record tape, said case having an'opening in the front of the same, a platen in the case in back or" said opening to support record tape passing thereover in positionY to have record marks applied thereto through said opening, tape supply and take-up spools journaled in the case in back of said platen roll I 'or supporting and traversing record tape from one spool to the other over said platen and gearing for driving said take-up' spool and including a gear disposed in line with said opening in the case in position for meshing with a driving gear on a recording machine whereby to eff ect advance of .the record tape instep with the recording machine upon locating lsaid'iriagazirie with the opening in the front ofthe same'in line with the companion recording and driving means of the recording machine, said supply and takeup spools having gears connectedtherewith and a manually shiftableV device mounted onY said case and having lugspositioned within the case to interlock with said supply and take-upspool gears upon movement of the same in one direction and to disengage'said gears upon movement in the opposite direction. y f

11. A magazine Vfor record tape comprising a small, 'nat case approximately large enough only to contain supply and take-up spools andan intermediate platen roll for a record tape, said case having an opening in the front of the same. a platen roll journaled in the case in back of said opening to support vrecord tape passing thereover in position to have record marks applied thereto through said opening, tape supply and take-up spools journaled in the case in back of said platen roll for supporting and traversing record tape from one spool to the other over said platen Yroll and gearing for driving said take-up spoolV and including a gear disposed in line with said opening in the case in position for meshing with a driving gear on a recording machine whereby to effect advance; of thefrecord tape in step with the recording machine upon .locating said magazine with the opening in the front of the same in line with the companion recording and driving means of the recording machine, and means for Vlocking said gearing in the case to hold the record strip taut when the case is removed from the recording machine and including a shiftable operating member accessible at the outside of the case, an inwardly projecting lug carried by said member for locking engagement with said gearing when the case is removed from the recording machine and means controlled by said operating member for locking said case to the recording machine.

l2. A magazine for record tape comprising a small, flat case approximately large enough only to contain supply and take-up spools and an intermediate platen roll for a record tape, said case having an opening in the front of the same, a'platen roll journaled in the case in back of said opening to support record tape passing thereover in position to have record marks applied thereto through said opening, tape supply and take-up spools journaled in the case in back of said platen roll for supporting and traversing record tape from one spool to the other over said platen roll and gearing for driving said take-'up spool and including a gear disposed in line withsaicl opening in the case in position for meshing withv a driving gear on a recording machine whereby to effect advance of the record tape in step with the recording machine upon locating said magazine with the opening in the front ofthe same in line with the companion recording and driving means of the recording machine and means for locking saidkgearing in the case to hold the record strip taut when the case is removed from the recording machine and including a shiftable. operating member accessible at'the outside of the case, an inwardly projecting-lug carried by said member for locking engagement with said gearing when the case is removed from the recording machine and means controlled by said operating member for locking said case to the recording machine and including latch levers, the lcase havingslots for said latch levers in Oppositesides of the same in back of said opening in the front of the oase.

FREEMAN H. OWENS.

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